Battery problem

[Guest sabio_proeliat]

Hi,

I know that battery problem has been discussed before but haven't found any solution to mine.

I've been using Swedish Spring 4B for a while and last week the phone froze and I had to reset. After that the battery has not lasted longer than 3h after fully charged. I've tried factory reset, wiped and installed Orange stock rom. Still 3 - 4 h of battery, I've also bought a new battery but that did not help eiter. Any ideas of what to try next?

Thanks!

[Guest Mushroom_Lord]

1) Have you tried the battery calibration tip (somewhere on this forum)

2) Are you using live wallpapers? these eat battery

3) what are your cpu settings

4) Do you use a task killer - what apps might be draining your battery (in the market things which say prevent phone from sleeping, can be problematic)

[Guest k0zmic]

When you got the new battery did you allow it to charge for a good few hours?

Just a thought, maybe there's an internal hardware fault that caused the phone to freeze and now it's causing the poor battery life?

Edited April 18, 2011 by k0zmic

[Guest sabio_proeliat]

@Mushroom_lord big thanks! Will try the tips straight away, prob return if doesn't work.

@k0zmic, yeah that was my concern as well about the hardware thing but I'll give it a go with what mushroom_lord told me and hope for the best!

Thanks.

[Guest Mushroom_Lord]

I am willing to give advice to those who appreciate it :) oh, and also, I have the power control widget on my homescreen(its on every ROM) I only turn on things like Bluetooth, wifi and Gthemen I need them, and Turk them off after. Wifi and GPS in particular, eat battery

[Guest k0zmic]

@Sabio Good luck, hopefully it's just a calibration issue. Also, check the usage of things in spare parts if the problem persists.

[Guest sabio_proeliat]

Hi again,

the battery trick didn't work. I'm pretty sure it's a hardware failure because now the battery will not charge more than to 36%. Any other suggestions or is it to contact Orange?

Thanks!

[Guest Mushroom_Lord]

Hi again,

the battery trick didn't work. I'm pretty sure it's a hardware failure because now the battery will not charge more than to 36%. Any other suggestions or is it to contact Orange?

Thanks!

Hmmm interesting - you couldn't get the battery calibration tip to work? maybe you should just try wiping stats and charging - see what happens etc.

Otherwise I suppose it could be possible for one of us to send you our battery stats file and you could push it to your device (don't think that would help though)

I suppose you should just set it back to stock - and contact orange.

[Guest wookie16081965]

Hmmm interesting - you couldn't get the battery calibration tip to work? maybe you should just try wiping stats and charging - see what happens etc.

Otherwise I suppose it could be possible for one of us to send you our battery stats file and you could push it to your device (don't think that would help though)

I suppose you should just set it back to stock - and contact orange.

i tried cm7 but didnt like it did full wipe and install ss rls4b which i had on phone before where battery was great after reinstalling the battery is lousy 80% lost overnight while phone just sat on desk, ive not put any new apps on or done anything different wifi bluetooth data all turned off.

[Guest Mushroom_Lord]

i tried cm7 but didnt like it did full wipe and install ss rls4b which i had on phone before where battery was great after reinstalling the battery is lousy 80% lost overnight while phone just sat on desk, ive not put any new apps on or done anything different wifi bluetooth data all turned off.

This battery problem is beyond that experienced in CM7.

But come on - my blade could probably last 2 days on CM7 - and I use it quite a bit.

And what do you expect - we are using a BUDGET SMARTPHONE. There have to be compromises somewhere.

And CM7 Compensates the fact that is is fast, and is based on android 2.3.3 for battery life - which i still don't think is that bad.

[Guest wookie16081965]

This battery problem is beyond that experienced in CM7.

But come on - my blade could probably last 2 days on CM7 - and I use it quite a bit.

And what do you expect - we are using a BUDGET SMARTPHONE. There have to be compromises somewhere.

And CM7 Compensates the fact that is is fast, and is based on android 2.3.3 for battery life - which i still don't think is that bad.

no mushroom lord i meant my original rls4b was brill on battery it was only after going back to it after cm7 the battery gone bad any ideas on this

[Guest sabio_proeliat]

Thanks a lot for all the answers! Unfort have to send back to Orange, probs no idea to get the stats file but cheers anyways mushroom_lord!